All posts by Laurie Schenden
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Anderson Family History Hidden in ‘Trunk’
Jane Anderson (“Olive Kitteridge”; “How to Make an American Quilt”; “The Baby Dance”) has been able to live...
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‘The Girl King’ a Swashbuckling Heroine Ahead of Her Time
“The Girl King,” from Finnish director Mika Kaurismaki, is a film based on the well-documented history of the...
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‘Liz’ Creates Scandal in Venezuela, Gets U.S. Release
“Liz in September,” Fina Torres’ film version of the classic American play “Last Summer at Bluefish Cove,” may...
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Tomlin to Present Vanguard Award to Jane Fonda
Lily Tomlin and Frances McDormand will present awards to Jane Fonda (“Grace and Frankie”) and writer-director Ron Nyswaner...
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Comic Marga Gomez ‘Pound’s’ Her Way to ‘Easy Abby’ Cast
Just as Marga Gomez opened her one-woman stage show “Pound” in San Francisco following a successful New York...
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Famous Daughters Arnaz, Abzug Set the Record Straight
The inaugural Women Making History conference, produced by DeeJae Cox of the LA Women’s Theatre Project, held a...
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Zany Showman Marty Ingels Takes Dramatic Final Bow
Marty Ingels died Oct. 21, 2015, “Back to the Future” day, and it seemed to me an appropriate...
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Lillian Faderman Talks ‘Gay Revolution’ at Mazer; Wolfe Donates Collection
LGBT History Month is a great opportunity to visit the June L. Mazer Lesbian Archive in West Hollywood,...
